tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44668569671515315022024-03-05T16:15:16.439+00:00Peter Sherman's Astro BlogA COLLECTION OF MY ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOSPeter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-48453303719384851212013-03-28T22:00:00.000+00:002013-03-28T22:28:18.637+00:00Stars and Constellations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u><b>Night Sky from Fochabers</b></u><br />
I was very impressed with the clarity of the sky from Fochabers Memorial gardens, so thought I would take a couple of shot to finish the night off. Got this nice shot of Orion, Taurus, Jupiter and a meteor, very happy now. :-)<br />
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<u><b>Orion, </b></u><u><b>Taurus and Canis Major</b></u><br />
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This was a quick 20 second test shot while setting up my camera at Speybay for the Aurora. It just goes to show the quality of dark skies we have here in Moray.</div>
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<u><b> Star Trails</b></u> a 300 second exposure of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor while attempting to capture a Quadrantid meteor on 04-01-2012<br />
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<u><b>Ursa Major</b></u> 04-01-2012<br />
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<u><b>Orion </b></u>this is a two minute exposure taken from my back garden on December 22nd 2011.<br />
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<b><u>M35-</u></b> Open star cluster in Gemini, Messier 35 (M35, NGC 2168) is consisted of several hundred stars (of which Ake Wallenquist has counted 120 brighter than mag 13) scattered over the area covered by the full Moon (30'); the Sky Catalogue 2000.0 and the first edition of Uranometria 2000.0 give 200 members, the second edition of Uranometria 2000.0 gives 434, while Cudworth (1971) counted 513 probable member stars. At its distance of between 2,700 and 2,800 light years , this corresponds to a linear diameter of about 24 light years; its central density is about 6.21 stars per cubic parsec. Some authors have estimated a larger diameter of up to 46' (H. Shapley in 1930). With about 100 million years it is of intermediate age, and contains some post-main sequence stars (including several yellow and orange giants of spectral type late G to early K). Its hottest main sequence star is given as of spectral class B3 (Sky Catalogue 2000.0), and its Trumpler classification as III,3,r by all sources. It is approaching us at 5 km/sec.<br />
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This image is made from twenty 10 second images taken at iso 800 stacked using Registax and procesed in Photoshop.<br />
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A photo of me observing at Sigma's dark sky site (Known as the Bothy) last night 11th Dec 09.<br />
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Vega<br />
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<u><b>M45, The Pleiades or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_%28mythology%29" title="Pleiades (mythology)">Seven Sisters</a>,</b></u> The cluster is dominated by hot <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification" title="Stellar classification">blue stars</a> that have formed within the last 100 million years. This is a mosaic of four 30 second images blended in Photoshop. Equipment used- Scope-Meade LXD 55 10" SN Camer-Canon EOS 300D (remotly operated from a laptop)<br />
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Messier 38 (also known as M38 or NGC 1912) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">open cluster</a> in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_constellation" title="Auriga constellation">Auriga constellation</a>. It was discovered by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Batista_Hodierna" title="Giovanni Batista Hodierna">Giovanni Batista Hodierna</a> before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1654" title="1654">1654</a> and independently found by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Gentil" title="Le Gentil">Le Gentil</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1749" title="1749">1749</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M36" title="M36">M36</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M37" title="M37">M37</a>, also discovered by Hodierna, are grouped together with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M38" title="M38">M38</a> at a distance of about 3,420 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_year" title="Light year">light years</a> away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1912#cite_note-majaess2007-0" title="">[1]</a><br />
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Two 30 second light frame and one 30 second dark frame exposures stacked in Deep Sky Stacker made up this image.<br />
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<u><b>NGC 547</b></u><br />
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</span>NGC 547, The Owl or ET Cluster,<br />
This open cluster is is very easy to find in Cassiopeia, follow a line from Segin and Ruchbah in Cassiopeia 2 degrees towards Andromeda to a binary star Phi cassiopeia which makes up the the brightest stars in the cluster. This is a fun little cluster that the kids will love as it looks like the movie character ET.<br />
This image was produced by stacking eight 30 second, iso 800 frames, ( six light and 2 dark frames), in Deepsky stacker.<br />
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<u><b>Alberio</b></u>, the binary star system in Cygnus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM-7PGIaWDy-7kjEQig8I8vYMN865GQESPwHYXYBx4WtWYZ-o7zqmkNpMvGI2l-AsuQ9O0lnCaauWWUANKWPQaNSBGJ6kjQWgieWGIKjZHFCfdruZDmzky64dvRwmC1U5VSUcY4hMYyQ/s1600-h/Albireo.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234843343015464738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM-7PGIaWDy-7kjEQig8I8vYMN865GQESPwHYXYBx4WtWYZ-o7zqmkNpMvGI2l-AsuQ9O0lnCaauWWUANKWPQaNSBGJ6kjQWgieWGIKjZHFCfdruZDmzky64dvRwmC1U5VSUcY4hMYyQ/s400/Albireo.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
Sunset over the Isle of Arran on July 28th 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-l_Aqg9iPXjMVWUKVKoeBUjRR8FfAvs8znDMbTbZf5Jsw13zeptSKcqH17LWdwO-dQvEj6JY0qMpGwU_NQZLIPX7rJzo857bu_Dnm2dOTnIq6MEvF9DAEdGweFbr73-YXz2LeP_8pfI/s1600-h/sunset-over-Arran.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230403374504342898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-l_Aqg9iPXjMVWUKVKoeBUjRR8FfAvs8znDMbTbZf5Jsw13zeptSKcqH17LWdwO-dQvEj6JY0qMpGwU_NQZLIPX7rJzo857bu_Dnm2dOTnIq6MEvF9DAEdGweFbr73-YXz2LeP_8pfI/s400/sunset-over-Arran.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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Ursa Major and Ursa Minor ( The plough, or Great Bear and Little Bear). </div>
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This image was captured on September 23th 2012 at 12:30UT. It's a white light image taken through my 10" LXD 55 using a Canon EOS 300D. Twelve 200iso at 1/2500sec' frames were stacked using Registax and then processed in Photoshop to make this final image.</div>
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While waiting for the Northern lights on March 15th 2012, I photographed the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter from Spey Bay looking over the River Spey towards Garmouth.<u><b></b></u></div>
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Took this image on Sunday 11th March a 01:30am of The Moon and Saturn (upper left) and the brightest star in Virgo Spica (upper right). </div>
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This is the first time I have image Jupiter A- focally (attached to an eyepiece) with my webcam. The seeing wasn't great as there was a thin cloud layer developing from the west, the outcome is not bad for my first attempt. </div>
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SCOPE- Meade LXD55 10inch SN</div>
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CAMERA- Philips ToUcam</div>
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EYEPIECE- 12mm Meade (84x)</div>
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CAPTURE SOFTWARE- WX Astocapture</div>
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500 frames processed in Registax and Photoshop.</div>
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Sunspot group 1302, 28th Sept 2011</div>
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Here's my first attempt at imaging the Sun with my newly purchased PST (Personal Solar Telescope).</div>
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This second image is better I think as there is less lense flare and more detail on the Suns surface. </div>
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The Filament and active sunspot region with more detail</div>
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Just for a change the Sun came out here in Scotland today, I managed to get a couple of decent shots of the Sun spot groups 1161 & 1162. This is a composite image made from two separate images, the full disc was taken at prime focus and the close up using a 20mm eyepiece (afocal) 51x.</div>
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<b>Scope- </b>Meade LXD 55 10 SN</div>
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COMET HARTLEY P/103<br />
This image of Comet Hartley was taken on the night of Oct 3rd.A wonderfully clear night with good seeing, the comet was very easy to find in my 10" LXD55 seen as a fuzzy object set against the background of stars within the Milky way. I use a Canon EOS 300D a single 72 second shot at 1600iso and processed in Photoshop<br />
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This image of Comet Hartley was taken on Oct 07th at 00:00hrs. 60 x 30 second images (30 minutes total exposure time) at 800iso where stack using registax to produce this final image.<br />
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This composite picture of Jupiter and its Moons was taken at 01:30 0n Monday 4th OCT.</div>
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The moons in order from Jupiter out is Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.</div>
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<b>Scope</b>- Celestron Astromaster 90 (f11)<br />
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This is my first attempt at imaging Jupiter using my new Celestron 90 mm refractor<br />
<b>Scope</b>- Celestron Astromaster 90 (f11).<br />
<b>Filter</b>- Orion Blue<br />
<b>Camera</b>- Philips ToUcam 1500 frames.<br />
<b>Processing</b>- Registax and Photoshop<br />
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This second image was produced using a Mead 2.5x Barlow but without the blue filter. It may give a truer representation of the surface colour but has less banding detail than the first image.<br />
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<b>The Moon & Jupiter</b> made a nice sight at 01:30 on July 03rd 2010.<br />
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Telescope- Meade LXD55 10"SN<br />
Camera- Philips Toucam (webcam)<br />
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<b>SATURN </b>This image of Saturn was taken on Saturday April 11th 2009.<br />
Telescope- Meade LXD 55 10" SN,<br />
Camera- Philips Toucam<br />
Software- WX Astrocapture<br />
Processing- 450 frame stacked in Registax, Photoshop.<br />
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This is a little compilation of Saturn showing the change in the angle of the rings from 2007 to 2009.<br />
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<b>Comet Lulin-</b> This photo of Comet Lulin was taken on the night of February 25th 2009. This final image was made by stacking ten 30 second light frames one dark and one flat frame in Deepsky Stacker and processed in Photoshop.<br />
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Telescope- Meade LXD55 10" SN<br />
Camera- Canon EOS 300D at Prime Focus<br />
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Venus and Moon conjunction at 18:45 on Friday 27th February 2009<br />
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Venus, 26th December 2008. This was produced with a Philps ToUcam a 350 frame avi, stacked in Registax and procesed in Photoshop.<br />
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On Friday 28th November 2008 I caught this very bright meteor which traveled through Cepheus into Draco.<br />
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<b>M31</b> and a faint Perseid Meteor, Imaged during the Perseid Meteor Shower Maximum at 2.30AM on August 12th 2008. M31, The Andromeda Galaxy is Bottom Center and the Meteor is running form M31 to Top Right. I observed from 11PM on the 11th until 3:30AM on the 12th, during which time the gaps in the clouds aloud for 3 hours of broken observation. The total number I counted was 58 , with the highest between 2 and 3AM when the rate was 3 per minute at times.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFIvhn3KyacGQTVRgnDhMUW_h7v9PYvoC0wzedmm87DttSofgP78NepTGgs3VTW4pHja30XZwgjDFCNslkGy5P3fTrQVuM-e6r5ARrJ_EqLtnPnRxi__m3MIY7d2yf5fzM4PZguG_e38/s1600-h/M31&PerseidMeteor.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233768039413677010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFIvhn3KyacGQTVRgnDhMUW_h7v9PYvoC0wzedmm87DttSofgP78NepTGgs3VTW4pHja30XZwgjDFCNslkGy5P3fTrQVuM-e6r5ARrJ_EqLtnPnRxi__m3MIY7d2yf5fzM4PZguG_e38/s400/M31&PerseidMeteor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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Sunset over Fochabers 12-05-2008<br />
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My web cam managed to image Saturn and three of it's Moons. I was very suprised with the Toucam being able to do this as the Moon was less than 15 degrees away.<br />
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<b>Mars and M35</b> in Gemini. I've been waiting to get this shot since Nov 2007 but the Scottish weather was unkind to me right up to the point when Mars Started to go retrograde. Mars is now moving back towards the open cluster M35 but will soon be lost as the nights draw out, but what a sight this makes in the sky.<br />
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Managed to get an image of Saturn last night (11th Feb 2008) from my garden with my web cam conditions were excellent.<br />
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Tec info:<br />
Scope - Meade LXD 55 10" SN f/4<br />
Camera- Phillips Toucam, A Focal (no eyepiece)<br />
Magnification - Mead Barlow @ 2.5x approx 500x<br />
Avi - length 500 frames @ 10fps<br />
Processing - Registax and Photoshop<br />
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The first photo is straight from Registax, and the 2nd has been through photoshop.<br />
I very pleased with the out come of this one.<br />
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This is the image from the Avi file after it has been stacked and processed using Registax.<br />
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And this is the image after it has been cleaned up and enlarge using Photoshop.<br />
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<b>Mars </b>taken on 7th January 2008 2.5x Barlow was used to increase my focal length to f/10, 1922 frames were stacked out of 3000, and precessed in photoshop. Unfortunately my focus was just off or the street lights in Fochabers interfered with the image, so no surface detail was visible. Now that Mars has past opposition the phase is obvious though, as you can see.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">Comet Tuttle P/8, taken on the night of 30th December 2007 as Tuttle passed in front of M33.</span><br />
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Photos of Mars taken with my Phillips ToUcam, 2700 frames stacked using Registax and processed in Photoshop.<br />
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Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0Fochabers, Moray IV32, UK57.615177 -3.09911357.6066725 -3.118854 57.6236815 -3.079372tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-18077245278575337492012-10-13T19:30:00.000+01:002012-10-13T20:39:07.753+01:00Deep sky objects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u><b>Messier 57 The Ring Nebula</b></u></div>
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The famous <b>Ring Nebula</b> (also catalogued as <i>NGC 6720</i>) appears in the northern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyra</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-coe2007_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Nebula#cite_note-coe2007-4"></a></sup> It is a prominent example of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula" title="Planetary nebula">planetary nebula</a>. This is a shell of ionized gas expelled into the surrounding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_medium" title="Interstellar medium">interstellar medium</a> by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_giant" title="Red giant">red giant</a> star, which was passing through the last stage in its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution" title="Stellar evolution">evolution</a> before becoming a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_dwarf" title="White dwarf">white dwarf</a>.</div>
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<b><u>M27 The Dumbell Nebula</u></b></div>
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The <b>Dumbbell Nebula</b> (also known as <b>Apple Core Nebula</b>, <b>Messier 27</b>, <b>M 27</b>, or <b>NGC 6853</b>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula" title="Planetary nebula">planetary nebula</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulpecula" title="Vulpecula">Vulpecula</a>, at a distance of about 1,360 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_year" title="Light year">light years</a>.</div>
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<u><b>M33 The pinwheel/ Triangulum Galaxy</b></u></div>
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The Triangulum Galaxy is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy" title="Spiral galaxy">spiral galaxy</a> approximately 3 million <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_year" title="Light year">light years</a> (ly) from Earth in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulum" title="Triangulum">Triangulum</a>. It is catalogued as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier</a> 33 or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a> 598, and is sometimes informally referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy, a nickname it shares with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_101" title="Messier 101">Messier 101</a>. The Triangulum Galaxy is the third-largest member of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a> of galaxies, which includes the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_Galaxy" title="Milky Way Galaxy">Milky Way Galaxy</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a> and about 30 other smaller galaxies. It is one of the most distant permanent objects that can be viewed with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a>.<u><b> </b></u></div>
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This image is made from a stack of 19x6"second images taken on the night of Tuesday 17th April 2012.</div>
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<u><b>Messier 81</b></u> (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy" title="Spiral galaxy"></a>about 12 million <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_E22_m" title="1 E22 m"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year"></a>light-years away in the Ursa Major. Due to its proximity to Earth<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth"></a>, large size and active galactic nucleus (which harbors a 70 million solar mass supermassive black hole <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-devereuxetal2003_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_81#cite_note-devereuxetal2003-7"></a></sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole" title="Supermassive black hole"></a>), Messier 81 has been studied extensively by professional astronomers.</div>
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<u><b>Messier 82</b></u> (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is the prototype<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barkeretal2008_4-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82#cite_note-Barkeretal2008-4"></a></sup> nearby starburst galaxy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starburst_galaxy" title="Starburst galaxy"></a> about 12 million light-years away in the Ursa Major. The starburst galaxy is five times as bright as the whole Milky Way and one hundred times as bright as our galaxy's center.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Barkeretal2008_4-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82#cite_note-Barkeretal2008-4"></a></sup></div>
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In 2005, the Hubble Space Telescope revealed 197 young massive clusters in the starburst core. The average mass of these clusters is around 2<span style="margin: 0pt 0.15em 0pt 0.25em;">×</span>10<sup>5</sup> <i>M</i><sub>⊙</sub>, hence the starburst core is a very energetic and high-density environment. Throughout the galaxy's center, young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside our entire Milky Way Galaxy. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_Galaxy" title="Milky Way Galaxy"></a>.</div>
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This is a reprocessed image of M31 The Andromeda Galaxy, by reducing the selective colours mainly neutrals and increasing the blacks in makes the dust lanes and spiral arm more prominent.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>Owl Nebula (M97, NGC 3587)</b></span><br />
A <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/planneb.html">planetary nebula</a> in the constellation <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/UMa.html">Ursa Major</a>. It was the third to be discovered, by Pierre <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Mechain.html">Méchain</a> in 1781, and was named by Lord <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/R/Rosse.html">Rosse</a> in 1848. The Owl is one of the more complex planetary nebulae known. Its appearance has been interpreted as that of a cylindrical torus shell (or globe without poles), viewed obliquely, so that the projected matter-poor ends of the cylinder correspond with the Owl's eyes. This shell is enveloped by a fainter nebula of lower ionization. The mass of the nebula has been estimated at 0.15 solar mass and that of the magnitude 16 central star at 0.7 solar mass. M108 can also be seen in this photograph, Messier 108 (M108, NGC 3556) is a nice edge-on spiral galaxy situated near the conspicuous star Beta Ursa Majoris<br />
Image details, Telescope - Meade LXD 55 10 sn, Camera - Canon EOS 300D, Exposure time- 4ox 30second = 20 minutes, Processing - Registax and Photshop<br />
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This is a close up image of The Owl Nebula Image details, Telescope - Meade LXD 55 10 sn, Camera - Canon EOS 300D, Exposure time- 51x 30second = 25.5 minutes, Processing - Registax and Photshop<br />
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<b>M42 The Orion Nebula</b><br />
The Nebula is in fact part of a much larger nebula that is known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex" title="Orion Molecular Cloud Complex">Orion Molecular Cloud Complex</a>. The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex extends throughout the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of Orion and includes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_Loop" title="Barnard's Loop">Barnard's Loop</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula" title="Horsehead Nebula">Horsehead Nebula</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_43" title="Messier 43">M43</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M78" title="M78">M78</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Nebula" title="Flame Nebula">Flame Nebula</a>. Stars are forming throughout the Orion Nebula, and due to this heat-intensive process the region is particularly prominent in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a>. The nebula is visible with the naked eye even from areas affected by some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a>. It is seen as the middle "star" in the sword of Orion, which are the three stars located south of Orion's Belt. The star appears fuzzy to sharp-eyed observers, and the nebulosity is obvious through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a> or a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a>. This image was produced from a single 40 second exposure with my Canon EOS 300D at 400 iso attached to my LXD 55 10" SN, and processed in photoshop.<br />
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This is the same image as above with adjustment made to the selective colours and a little lens flare added to give the picture a little bit of bling.</div>
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<b>NGC 2264, The Christmas Tree Cluster/ Cone Nebula</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2RvJM4IWrV7ONn_TjLtdYW7honYYO5zDYq3M3BQMXWuBwhIVZ_RFlVBofGFB4-Oq2GjPrs6SBjRke6El6upvCwb2kvK2WgFjuAtOlM_Ue2A6MKmiDj5EIrMpDzEipwjWgX__UVAOy5E/s1600-h/Orion-on-my-shoulder_web.jpg"></a><br />
An <a href="http://www.blogger.com/O/opencluster.html">open cluster</a> of about 40 stars in the constellation <a href="http://www.blogger.com/M/Mon.html">Monoceros</a>, which is immersed in nebulosity and forms the nearly perfect outline of a fir tree. The fifth magnitude star S Monocerotis (also known as 15 Mon) lies at the base of the Cluster. It is an <a href="http://www.blogger.com/O/Ostar.html">O</a>7 giant, about 8,500 times as luminous as the Sun, which varies in between magnitudes 4.2 and 4.6. S Mon forms a visual double with a 7.5 magnitude companion lying just 2.8 arc-seconds away. Another reasonably bright star, immediately to the north of the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/Cone_Nebula.html">Cone Nebula</a>, marks the apex.The Christmas Tree Cluster, which was named by L. S. Copeland, and the Cone Nebula were both discovered by William <a href="http://www.blogger.com/H/HerschelW.html">Herschel</a> in 1783.<br />
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<b>THE RING NEBULA, M57</b> is located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyra</a>, south of its brightest star <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega" title="Vega">Vega</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega" title="Vega">Vega</a> is the northeastern vertex of the three stars of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Triangle" title="Summer Triangle">Summer Triangle</a>. M57 lies about 40% of the angular distance from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_Lyrae" title="Beta Lyrae">β Lyrae</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Lyrae" title="Gamma Lyrae">γ Lyrae.</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Nebula#cite_note-crossen-4">[5]</a><br />
M57 is best seen through at least a 20 cm (8-inch) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a>, but even a 7.5 cm (3-inch) telescope will show the ring.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Nebula#cite_note-crossen-4">[5]</a> Larger instruments will show a few darker zones on the eastern and western edges of the ring, and some faint nebulosity inside the disk<br />
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VEIL NEBULA The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop or the Witch's Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">supernova remnant</a> in the constellation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_%28constellation%29" title="Cygnus (constellation)">Cygnus</a>. The source <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova" title="Supernova">supernova</a> exploded some 5,000 to 8,000 years ago, and the remnants have since expanded to cover an area of 3 degrees; about 6 times the size of a full moon. The distance to the nebula is not precisely known, with estimates ranging from 1,400 to 2,600 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-years" title="Light-years">light-years</a>. It was discovered on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Herschel" title="William Herschel">William Herschel</a>. Camera - Canon EOS 300D, 23x 30 sec 800 iso exposures, Scope- Meade LXD 55 10" SN 15mm eyepiece fitted with an OIII filter, Processing- Registax and Photoshop<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>The Double Cluster</b></span> is the common name for the naked-eye <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">open clusters</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_884" title="NGC 884">NGC 884</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_869" title="NGC 869">NGC 869</a>, which are close together in the constellation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_%28constellation%29" title="Perseus (constellation)">Perseus</a>. NGC 884 and NGC 869 are at distances of 7600 and 6800 light-years away, respectively, so they are close to one another in space as well.<br />
They are relatively young clusters, with NGC 869 5.6 million years and NGC 884 at 3.2 million years according to the 2000 Sky Catalogue. In comparison, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_%28star_cluster%29" title="Pleiades (star cluster)">Pleiades</a> have an estimated age ranging from 75 million years to 150 million years.<br />
They are also <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueshift" title="Blueshift">blueshifted</a>, with NGC 869 approaching Earth at a speed of 22 km/s and NGC 884 approaching at a similar speed of 21 km/s. Their hottest main sequence stars are of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification" title="Stellar classification">spectral type</a> B0.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 130%;">M13</span></b> was discovered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley" title="Edmond Halley">Edmond Halley</a> in 1714, and catalogued by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Messier" title="Charles Messier">Charles Messier</a> on June 1, 1764.<br />
It is located at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">right ascension</a> 16h 41.7m and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">declination</a> +36° 28'. With an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitude</a> of 5.8, it is barely visible with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a> on a very clear night. Its diameter is about 23 arc minutes and it is readily viewable in small telescopes.<br />
M13 is about 145 light-years in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diameter" title="Diameter">diameter</a>, and it is composed of several hundred thousand <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a>, the brightest of which is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_star" title="Variable star">variable star</a> V11 with an apparent magnitude of 11.95. M13 is 25,100 light-years away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>.<br />
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I have reprocessed my image of M51 using the new Registax, very impressed with the new version. This image was made by stacking eight 30 second exposures in registax 5, and quick despecel in PS3 was all the processing that was needed. The clarity of the image is so good that other galaxies down to Mag 15 can be seen.<br />
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M65, Messier 65 (M65, NGC 3623), together with its neighbors <a href="http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/m/m066.html">M66</a> and <a href="http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/ngc/n3628.html">NGC 3628</a>, forms a most conspicuous triplet of galaxies, the <a href="http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/more/m066gr.html">Leo Triplett or M66 group</a>, located at a distance of about 35 million light years.<br />
Although it is close to and thus under the gravitational influence of its neighbors, M65 looks like a very "normal" Sa type spiral and seems to have felt little influence. It has a prominent central lense and tightly wound spiral arms, plus a prominent dust lane marking the facing edge. The luminous disk is dominated by a smooth old stellar population. Near the lane, some knots are visible, which, according to J.D. Wray, may be associated with star forming regions. The lane may hide regions of star formation usually associated with such features in spiral galaxies.<br />
Tec info-<br />
Telescope - Meade lxd 55 10" SN<br />
Eyepiece - 20mm<br />
Camera - Canon EOS 300D (Afocal)<br />
Exposure - 3x 30 seconds<br />
Processing - Deep Sky Stacker and Photoshop<br />
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M3, This globular cluster is in the constellation of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Canis</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Venatici</span> and contains about 500'000 stars and is 33'900 light years from Earth. This cluster when viewed in a telescope is as good as , or if not better than M13 the great globular cluster in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hurcules</span>.<br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tec</span> details-<br />
Scope- Meade <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">LXD</span> 55 10"SN (15mm eyepiece)<br />
Camera- Canon 300D (A Focal)<br />
Exposure- A single 30 second exposure at 800 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">iso</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">processed</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Photoshop</span>.<br />
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M104, This unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Vigro</span> is seen edge on as viewed from Earth. It's large c<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">entral</span> core and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">prominent</span> dust lane gives it the name of The Sombrero Galaxy. M104 is 29.3 million light years away from the Earth, and is 50'000 light years across.</div>
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Tec</span>' details-<br />
Scope- Meade <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">LXD</span> 55 10" SN with a 15mm eyepiece (70x)</div>
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Camera- Canon 300D (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Afocal</span>)</div>
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Exposure- A single 52 second exposure at 1600 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">iso</span><br />
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<b>The Whirlpool Galaxy,</b> (also known as Messier 51a, M51a, or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">NGC</span></span> 5194) is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interacting_galaxy" title="Interacting galaxy">interacting</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy#cite_note-arp1966-3" title="">[4]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_design_spiral_galaxy" title="Grand design spiral galaxy">grand-design</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy#cite_note-elmegreenelmegreen1987-4" title="">[5]</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy" title="Spiral galaxy">spiral galaxy</a> located at a distance of approximately 23 million <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canes_Venatici" title="Canes Venatici">Canes <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Venatici</span></span></a>. It is one of the most famous spiral galaxies in the sky. The galaxy and its companion (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_5195" title="NGC 5195"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">NGC</span></span> 5195</a>) are easily observed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy" title="Amateur astronomy">amateur astronomers</a>, and the two galaxies may even be seen with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy#cite_note-5" title="">[6]</a> The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understanding of galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy#spiral_arms" title="Spiral galaxy">spiral arms</a>) and galaxy interactions.<br />
This Image was produced by stacking 8 light frames, 1 dark and 1 flat frame in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">deepsky</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">staker</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">processed</span> in Photo shop.<br />
Date - 1st March 2009<br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Equipment</span>, Scope- Meade <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">LXD</span></span> 55. Camera- Canon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">EOS</span></span> 300D</div>
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M42 The Orion Nebula, The Nebula is in fact part of a much larger nebula that is known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex" title="Orion Molecular Cloud Complex">Orion Molecular Cloud Complex</a>. The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex extends throughout the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of Orion and includes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_Loop" title="Barnard's Loop">Barnard's Loop</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula" title="Horsehead Nebula"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Horsehead</span> Nebula</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_43" title="Messier 43">M43</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M78" title="M78">M78</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Nebula" title="Flame Nebula">Flame Nebula</a>. Stars are forming throughout the Orion Nebula, and due to this heat-intensive process the region is particularly prominent in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a>. The nebula is visible with the naked eye even from areas affected by some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a>. It is seen as the middle "star" in the sword of Orion, which are the three stars located south of Orion's Belt. The star appears fuzzy to sharp-eyed observers, and the nebulosity is obvious through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a> or a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a>. This image was produced from a single 40 second exposure with my Canon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">EOS</span> 300D at 400 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">iso</span> attached to my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">LXD</span> 55 10" SN, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">processed</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">photoshop</span>.<br />
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<b>M1, The Crab Nebula</b> (catalogue designations <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">M</a>1, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">NGC</span></span></a> 1952, Taurus A) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">supernova remnant</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar_wind_nebula" title="Pulsar wind nebula">pulsar wind nebula</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a>. Located at a distance of about 6,500 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> (2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">kpc</span></span></a>) from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">nebula</a> has a diameter of 11 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">ly</span></span></a> (3.4 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec" title="Parsec"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">pc</span></span></a>) and expands at a rate of about 1,500 kilometers per <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second" title="Second">second</a>.<br />
At the center of the nebula lies the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_Pulsar" title="Crab Pulsar">Crab Pulsar</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar" title="Pulsar">rotating neutron star</a>, which emits pulses of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation" title="Radiation">radiation</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray" title="Gamma ray">gamma rays</a> to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave" title="Radio wave">radio waves</a> with a spin rate of 30.2 times per second. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical supernova explosion.</div>
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This is the most distant objects I photographed so far. M81 a spiral galaxy (bottom left) lies some 11 million light years away and M82 a star burst galaxy (top right) is 12 million light years away, in the constellation of Ursa Major.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">M42 The Orion Nebula, </span>The Nebula is in fact part of a much larger nebula that is known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Molecular_Cloud_Complex" title="Orion Molecular Cloud Complex">Orion Molecular Cloud Complex</a>. The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex extends throughout the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> of Orion and includes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard%27s_Loop" title="Barnard's Loop">Barnard's Loop</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula" title="Horsehead Nebula"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Horsehead</span></span> Nebula</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_43" title="Messier 43">M43</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M78" title="M78">M78</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_Nebula" title="Flame Nebula">Flame Nebula</a>. Stars are forming throughout the Orion Nebula, and due to this heat-intensive process the region is particularly prominent in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared" title="Infrared">infrared</a>.<br />
The nebula is visible with the naked eye even from areas affected by some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a>. It is seen as the middle "star" in the sword of Orion, which are the three stars located south of Orion's Belt. The star appears fuzzy to sharp-eyed observers, and the nebulosity is obvious through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars" title="Binoculars">binoculars</a> or a small <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a>.<br />
This image is made up of 3 8 second exposures at 800 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">iso</span></span> and one dark frame, stacked with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Deepsky</span></span> Stacker and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">processed</span></span> in Photo shop<br />
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M16, The Eagle Nebula, perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects, is a young <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">open cluster</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpens" title="Serpens">Serpens</a>, discovered by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Philippe_de_Cheseaux" title="Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux">Jean-Philippe <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">de</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Cheseaux</span></span></a> in 1745-46. It is associated with a diffuse emission <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">nebula</a>, or H II region, which is catalogued as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_4703" title="IC 4703"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">IC</span></span> 4703</a>. This region of active current star formation is about 7,000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> distant. The brightest star in the nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8.24.<br />
This image was made by stacking nine 30 seconds 1600 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">iso</span></span> exposures and one dark frame exposure, in Deep sky stacker.<br />
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This photo is of M27, The Dumbbell Nebula, a planetary nebula (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">PN</span></span>) in the constellation of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Vulpecula</span></span>, M27 lies at a distance of about 1360 light years from us. It has two gas shells moving away from the central star, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Oxyegn</span></span> shell is moving at 15 Km per second while the Nitrogen shell is moving at 30 Km per second. This was a 35 second exposure at ISO 1600.<br />
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M31 is one of the closest Galaxies to the Milky Way, at a distance of 2.5 Million Light Years. M31 is also the most distant object that can be seen by the naked eye. Below M31 is M32, another Galaxy that lies behind M31 at a distance of 2.9 million light years. This Photo was taken using the Prime focus Method (no Eyepiece), through my Meade <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">LXD</span></span>55 10" SN, with a Canon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">ESO</span></span> 300D. A single 90 second exposure at 1600<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">iso</span></span>.<br />
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M31 and a faint Perseid Meteor, Imaged during the Perseid Meteor Shower Maximum at 2.30AM on August 12<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">th</span></span> 2008. M31, The Andromeda Galaxy is Bottom Center and the Meteor is running form M31 to Top Right. I observed from 11PM on the 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">th</span></span> until 3:30AM on the 12<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">th</span></span>, during which time the gaps in the clouds aloud for 3 hours of broken observation. The total number I counted was 58 , with the highest between 2 and 3AM when the rate was 3 per minute at times.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicub4WGstBYHoqBM3dNndht92-YhT71Xf0udQLLju_kP-7znwI7IWZNkup0gFuhP9FSJ9tIcZ3dygCTYK99P_3qVjI_83CnoCQ-2CYFvrsFwjOdx5Jdocm1i22wqtG5r7-MIWKJrQfxOY/s1600-h/M31&PerseidMeteor.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233763079188998994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicub4WGstBYHoqBM3dNndht92-YhT71Xf0udQLLju_kP-7znwI7IWZNkup0gFuhP9FSJ9tIcZ3dygCTYK99P_3qVjI_83CnoCQ-2CYFvrsFwjOdx5Jdocm1i22wqtG5r7-MIWKJrQfxOY/s400/M31&PerseidMeteor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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M31, This was a 89 second exposure, 3.5 AV, ISO 400 and 18mm Focal length.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwssDH_C3DMSeAx29t6Z7xWEsBgA7OOp6NQpqHn8I9JiF5uLaacTmoxu92nEEh7nKjGmtoJumpnLBnvIL9B_OsK5cT2SNDjFGgdPDEhhY0PPY26N5mqmChykQDGNbwZnIUjU9OpZUQ4E/s1600-h/M31b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233567485179361970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwssDH_C3DMSeAx29t6Z7xWEsBgA7OOp6NQpqHn8I9JiF5uLaacTmoxu92nEEh7nKjGmtoJumpnLBnvIL9B_OsK5cT2SNDjFGgdPDEhhY0PPY26N5mqmChykQDGNbwZnIUjU9OpZUQ4E/s400/M31b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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M3, this Globular cluster is 35000 Light year away in the constellation of Canes <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Venatici</span>, it contains about 500'000 stars. It is one of the biggest and brightest globular clusters I have see to date. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296834095683146706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7tjSh5smOLbuiy8NuCC9UAHOXodZmGBk36-R7LSdE-ntlNy3CY5SPkjaWyQFNSg4mcG3ZNfuecq9eq3pYaFpcCQ95iZkpJqXd3eyfROS9QpoO8erTT6Na8vV2qbMmfwEEBjfJuWkIwg/s400/M3.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> </div>
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Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-25098440931949792492012-10-09T21:37:00.002+01:002012-10-09T22:13:54.734+01:00Aurora October 08/09 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Northern Lights mad a spectacular return to our sky on the night of 08/09 October. All these photos were taken between 19:45 and 22:30 at which point the clouds moved in and and it was time for me to get the kids home for bed. Please scroll down the images and take note of the one taken by my daughter Heather Sherman, it was her first attempt at photographing the Aurora, and I hate to say I think hers are better than mine.</div>
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As a final treat Heather imaged this Draconid meteor within the Aurora, what a night!</div>
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The International Space Station as it passed over my house and observatory on April 17th 2012.</div>
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The ISS pass over Jupiter on July 24th 2008<br />
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A planes contrail reflecting Moon light.<br />
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The ISS (International Space Station)<br />
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</div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-88414385165968352582012-03-16T01:15:00.001+00:002012-03-16T20:23:05.150+00:00Aurora March 15/16th 2012This is the first of many of tonights photos of The Northern Lights, I took this at 21:00 on March 15th looking NW over the Moray Firth.<br />
Jupiter and Venus are on the left above Garmouth and the Aurora is over Lossiemouth.<br />
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<br />Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-19547529512212155242012-02-01T21:27:00.000+00:002012-02-01T21:27:43.971+00:0022deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazing<a href="http://twitpic.com/8ehblk#.TymuPy-JM0s.blogger"> 22deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazing</a>: 22deg Moon halo from Conon Bridge on 01 Feb 2012 #bbcstargazingPeter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-55097135442171990442012-02-01T20:49:00.000+00:002012-02-01T21:22:47.987+00:00Moon Halo 1st Feb 2012 20:30A fantastic Halo appeared around the Moon tonight, so large (appox 50' in diameter') I had to stitch together three photos to ensure I got it all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this is a single shot as you can see the hole halo will not fit into a single frame of my 58mm lens.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">19:45. This is the first time for an age that I've been able to see the Aurora this bright from my landing window</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">19:17</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">21:23</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">19:25</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sunday January 22nd 2012 from Spey Bay</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">17:45 Awaiting</span> the arrival of darkness </div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">18:58 Clouds start moving in and are lit up by the light pollution of Lossiemouth </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">19:05 Rays start to appear</span></h6>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">19:10 The Rayed Arch begins to dance over the Moray Firth</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">My Daughters Heather and Hazel are rapped up warm against the north see winds</span></span></h6>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: red;">22:50 The encroaching cloud began to spoil the view of the Aurora which was becoming very active. As you will see though for these final three images the Northern light show left the best to last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"> All of these pictures were taken with a Canon 300D, iso 800, AS 3.5, Exposure 25 seconds. The only processing done is stitching of the panoramas in Microsoft ICE, no Photoshop here!</span></span></h6>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0B9104, Moray IV32, UK57.6709304012122 -3.089561462402343857.6624399012122 -3.1093024624023435 57.679420901212204 -3.069820462402344tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-22483194107083128292012-01-22T00:02:00.000+00:002012-01-23T22:10:33.567+00:00Aurora 21/01/2012<div style="background-color: black;">
<span style="background-color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: black;">This is the first images of the start of the aurora from Speybay, not very bright but the camera picks it out well. Back home for a feed and a warm now will head out again if it flares up later.</span></span></span></span></div>
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They are the highest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud" title="Cloud">clouds</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_atmosphere" title="Earth's atmosphere">Earth's atmosphere</a>, located in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesosphere" title="Mesosphere">mesosphere</a> at altitudes of around 76 to 85 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilometre" title="Kilometre">kilometers</a> (47 to 53 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">mi</a>). They are normally too faint to be seen, and are visible only when illuminated by sunlight from below the horizon while the lower layers of the atmosphere are in the Earth's shadow. Noctilucent clouds are not fully understood and are a recently discovered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology" title="Meteorology">meteorological phenomenon</a>; there is no evidence that they were observed before 1885.<br />
To learn more or to report sighting go the NLC Observers homepage at <a href="http://www.nlcnet.co.uk/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.nlcnet.co.uk/</span></a><br />
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Last night (7th July 2011), there was the best NLC display I have ever seen. The display lasted for over two hours and was from the horizon to the zenith.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwHWToc-_xd5lv6fjkIaVS_54ixa0Gdq2noBWKlScy55_SHku20fHv_HYRWaTcOT0bl5Hxn9oB2LXKcS5HlWA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Noctilucent clouds can form only under very restrictive conditions; their occurrence can be used as a sensitive guide to changes in the upper atmosphere. Since their discovery the occurrence of noctilucent clouds has been increasing in frequency, brightness and extent. It is theorised that this increase is connected to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-14310879165444093462011-03-12T01:24:00.003+00:002011-03-15T19:54:19.252+00:00Aurora 11/12th March 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The red lights in the distance are oil rigs in the Moray Firth by the way.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk20AhtNDLn4jxLMk6-H_0XBRtiZc8KDGHJ3lNdt6orDBfdn4DiYXVHLcgJYBaXUP-VEaKACAH0IAmWRMokXRRuSjutRw86uzVtZo-xqtpCQhw3j2TGowhG85ZbTdH3cvv_Ert-9vlNA/s1600/Aurora+2-5-10bweb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467138156031196002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLk20AhtNDLn4jxLMk6-H_0XBRtiZc8KDGHJ3lNdt6orDBfdn4DiYXVHLcgJYBaXUP-VEaKACAH0IAmWRMokXRRuSjutRw86uzVtZo-xqtpCQhw3j2TGowhG85ZbTdH3cvv_Ert-9vlNA/s320/Aurora+2-5-10bweb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>My daughter Heather enjoys the Aurora at 00:15 this morning. She was a little tired today!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK2LebxgkW-b67GABp0O_qR9PvGOt9rlRcKUcZ2o_Goryr9iL7ig33yWj1AISqBNQtCsKRGtrCI4UfNi_ouLDVqGBzfULd1sEXOBvEwyIh-nvObkArI1DL7Ty8SGLL6twVXmym9h5UEY/s1600/Aurora+2-5-10Heatherweb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467136409007655986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK2LebxgkW-b67GABp0O_qR9PvGOt9rlRcKUcZ2o_Goryr9iL7ig33yWj1AISqBNQtCsKRGtrCI4UfNi_ouLDVqGBzfULd1sEXOBvEwyIh-nvObkArI1DL7Ty8SGLL6twVXmym9h5UEY/s320/Aurora+2-5-10Heatherweb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The second Aurora within a month, this one was not as strong visualy as the last but the camera picked it up nicely.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRh70zYH6jOhKoK1RbAkQ53jfrSgwgJpUWhPGjwW3ZpiVh3Dcfu8x0GQY_FvEfV5Zk4xd8oszsOxBgnjInE5K6D5DwnjSysC0ut9PNAeCsgsG75lhSiLJn3zo8Dt7X3y23wveJ-Zmk4UU/s1600/Aurora+2-5-10aweb.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467133872578019842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRh70zYH6jOhKoK1RbAkQ53jfrSgwgJpUWhPGjwW3ZpiVh3Dcfu8x0GQY_FvEfV5Zk4xd8oszsOxBgnjInE5K6D5DwnjSysC0ut9PNAeCsgsG75lhSiLJn3zo8Dt7X3y23wveJ-Zmk4UU/s320/Aurora+2-5-10aweb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-34989463434525226022010-04-12T01:30:00.014+01:002010-04-12T21:50:40.572+01:00Aurora 12th April 2010These images of the Aurora were taken from Spey Bay on the Moray Firth coast at 00:30 on Monday 12th April 2010.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRmOKKhm5s02RuwNoySYuBSPoSrrYL4f4SAAuTfutdlsEU2bRsQostYQD3TO5WTjF0uZIy6yqeeNrQuPYWRb3Ip4GmYcKddSg_ixaJwf_XwFcw-MHLHxE4cik3VFME-PnVLyIRZ9gv_o/s1600/aurora02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459355500131445090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRmOKKhm5s02RuwNoySYuBSPoSrrYL4f4SAAuTfutdlsEU2bRsQostYQD3TO5WTjF0uZIy6yqeeNrQuPYWRb3Ip4GmYcKddSg_ixaJwf_XwFcw-MHLHxE4cik3VFME-PnVLyIRZ9gv_o/s320/aurora02.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ401RTPbaactl5xv9Wasfsu5beja5Khbm3TLr3eMQXa9chkW_uwM7LI_8W62-t3widXK1L7lFYxY6nepmZT6e1kHsll-uY2RKwUgDGm2PaGKXpAH8mzCCRl25WBDISuhx2H-kzvIezl4/s1600/Aurora01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459351784502732306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ401RTPbaactl5xv9Wasfsu5beja5Khbm3TLr3eMQXa9chkW_uwM7LI_8W62-t3widXK1L7lFYxY6nepmZT6e1kHsll-uY2RKwUgDGm2PaGKXpAH8mzCCRl25WBDISuhx2H-kzvIezl4/s320/Aurora01.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEUdPgpyv-7A4cUiQsHJdMKg5u5DpWFmMdfRiJewlK1Hl5HdZ8Be0sR32A7TNJo4X1eoqgxTk2IiysMJCzEzHo3Qmy4HQKpHLYiXv9GF4gutieqqyKI5-rw-aIc3q1GVVFAQ3ZPCYeP0/s1600/Aurora+and+me1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459346981487141010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEUdPgpyv-7A4cUiQsHJdMKg5u5DpWFmMdfRiJewlK1Hl5HdZ8Be0sR32A7TNJo4X1eoqgxTk2IiysMJCzEzHo3Qmy4HQKpHLYiXv9GF4gutieqqyKI5-rw-aIc3q1GVVFAQ3ZPCYeP0/s320/Aurora+and+me1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><br />Aurora and Meteor,I can't beleive I was so luck to catch a sporadic meteor within the heart of the Norther Lights<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01rCZjGlG-F9L0-L8cWAtx2SDkOYDX88wRDKZnDgPgBpvd_tZCKPL7Bri5fnLp38P-s4HCtJxXtSv0bX5pocHTRJRiWUj9S0ttiRIQxR4YgPCepyfJVSH0_VcdQASyp_8dmjFFHelMyg/s1600/Aurora+amd+Meteor.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459339828454686178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01rCZjGlG-F9L0-L8cWAtx2SDkOYDX88wRDKZnDgPgBpvd_tZCKPL7Bri5fnLp38P-s4HCtJxXtSv0bX5pocHTRJRiWUj9S0ttiRIQxR4YgPCepyfJVSH0_VcdQASyp_8dmjFFHelMyg/s320/Aurora+amd+Meteor.JPG" /></a><br /></p><div><div><br /><div><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459310127755445714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlNW1P4tImyL-EHB5owX1liJm1rRsBGVNDYJ8rR7Y2s54JUQIgHm168ldq3iAynqdl8V9T53hvMlvsGJwfmlVY09AtcyKWQo626wQHzn08t2IiqzPI7RGRrzhb2o9P5jFDmt2QHLNd7Y/s320/Aurora2web.jpg" /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYOcOGSv5vRDPi1N4FVvXc5Lt1tP824TFtd4NaYIBELEQYM_al5yzg3ooe5mH9myokon_pthBTV2kwLL3tVcBuGlOhoOBoGzfdGxfXiORygJN0Fow9mmecQbIi9lydKgAVeJoHtLUr-8/s1600/Aurora1web.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459042397273706242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYOcOGSv5vRDPi1N4FVvXc5Lt1tP824TFtd4NaYIBELEQYM_al5yzg3ooe5mH9myokon_pthBTV2kwLL3tVcBuGlOhoOBoGzfdGxfXiORygJN0Fow9mmecQbIi9lydKgAVeJoHtLUr-8/s320/Aurora1web.jpg" /></a></p></div></div></div></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-21221073499187647242009-04-12T16:00:00.001+01:002009-04-12T16:53:33.238+01:00Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector<a href="http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/meteor/"><span style="color:#000099;">Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector</span></a><br /><br />Jorell Bank Observatory, The Lovell Radio Telescope<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOCPCdBsUoHemQQpfPXGltbzGwN-icrPxmNzDxeaqnbtvMnEFwJuJRWHudHeafUnkxJVrO0HkpFe5KquWHvfBFpE5TSxgEzUL6kcUTg_JVi3FKPX1tO1PToMGUAMeS0jlGyOMLq6rnns/s1600-h/JB1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323823243413583122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVOCPCdBsUoHemQQpfPXGltbzGwN-icrPxmNzDxeaqnbtvMnEFwJuJRWHudHeafUnkxJVrO0HkpFe5KquWHvfBFpE5TSxgEzUL6kcUTg_JVi3FKPX1tO1PToMGUAMeS0jlGyOMLq6rnns/s400/JB1%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6CQLy5Cbmm7Ch9Ov8GDyzcpfQhK1o5r3-0alPt1sDF4PxbLTrD2zQPjjWJbj-wyj-edLb3diSUPvTVfraZaJf_KplV6xQlAjio_hTlAYVjqq3OwuSd_kaZGkzDbyy6vnggiTY-nT_vw/s1600-h/JB2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323823236827901330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6CQLy5Cbmm7Ch9Ov8GDyzcpfQhK1o5r3-0alPt1sDF4PxbLTrD2zQPjjWJbj-wyj-edLb3diSUPvTVfraZaJf_KplV6xQlAjio_hTlAYVjqq3OwuSd_kaZGkzDbyy6vnggiTY-nT_vw/s400/JB2%5B2%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZWwLl1YWEzgvWvN83Xk-KcGd_WxfcaPLcITMLP7eOV5qkTuz-otoSKXgxP6LMqujelzZEaKYjXlxKj8sAmmTmP3fAFZDZxmU07jlQd_GoNvYi9Q3EHDnw0MRbtXWFmTkD2AvoJ7YSV0/s1600-h/JB3%5B1%5D.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323823230698212082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZWwLl1YWEzgvWvN83Xk-KcGd_WxfcaPLcITMLP7eOV5qkTuz-otoSKXgxP6LMqujelzZEaKYjXlxKj8sAmmTmP3fAFZDZxmU07jlQd_GoNvYi9Q3EHDnw0MRbtXWFmTkD2AvoJ7YSV0/s400/JB3%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/meteor/">Jodrell Bank Observatory's Meteor Detector</a></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-69311742792967289742008-11-16T13:06:00.004+00:002009-08-02T16:35:28.423+01:00Live webcast<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-night-sky"><span style="color:#33ccff;">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-night-sky</span></a>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-87272679701521332632008-08-16T00:45:00.005+01:002009-03-19T23:12:20.215+00:00The MoonImages of the partial Lunar eclipse on the 16th August 2008. All 5 second exposures @ 800 iso taken A focally through my LXD 55 10" with a Canon ESO 300D.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBss11rnWYwmTFC3fE-mJ0FfElf19lkUCEVCNVciyNWV3C8XpP5spAZRzNDl0-hO4SCcM3olM24XJAHc-2GoTPKo3LHtj4GTHJ1hxTWsGk1hTl9vdLryzsH7_-38a2hqva3siyXsPpfoo/s1600-h/PLE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235480986076087442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBss11rnWYwmTFC3fE-mJ0FfElf19lkUCEVCNVciyNWV3C8XpP5spAZRzNDl0-hO4SCcM3olM24XJAHc-2GoTPKo3LHtj4GTHJ1hxTWsGk1hTl9vdLryzsH7_-38a2hqva3siyXsPpfoo/s400/PLE.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlEypF64ByjnDctbdr3nDviNvpzeI9k6F07VyYMhcczhIknsOeH7LOBEWGrwoBkuhcFzydGp-INbbacMBY4hKJ2GEptFEiY5OgNO2KxCA3t9jz3_Ez4Num_RvcRAVHqF9v218TnO4Mao/s1600-h/PLEweb16-08-08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235267041634922962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlEypF64ByjnDctbdr3nDviNvpzeI9k6F07VyYMhcczhIknsOeH7LOBEWGrwoBkuhcFzydGp-INbbacMBY4hKJ2GEptFEiY5OgNO2KxCA3t9jz3_Ez4Num_RvcRAVHqF9v218TnO4Mao/s400/PLEweb16-08-08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is my first attempt at photographing the Moon with my new Cannon 300D digital SLR.<br />Technical Details - Raw image processed in photoshop, Lens 55mm, iso 800, 5.6 Av, Shutter speed 1/500<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n_MiKV2_QpK9Zsf1SoWDSD__4JvPegB0qVfIEi-HkDlhx1MJuFk2XRVBtokgDus_9k5OobbVqrxIFhexsGGoOMYMSwH0LenieHnyqVpLysa6xPoc_xXCjncUsPBKxJgHo4P20TFONAQ/s1600-h/moon14-05-08.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200368480240614130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9n_MiKV2_QpK9Zsf1SoWDSD__4JvPegB0qVfIEi-HkDlhx1MJuFk2XRVBtokgDus_9k5OobbVqrxIFhexsGGoOMYMSwH0LenieHnyqVpLysa6xPoc_xXCjncUsPBKxJgHo4P20TFONAQ/s400/moon14-05-08.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This image is a mozaic of 17 avi's made on the night of April 16th 2008 and processed in Registax and Photoshop.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVpBn_8bvtLh4xage_u4CAw3tRz7V005ckk9Oyo4HzCVc6I3J05OMH8q3eojDI6DZjj3sm050oKq3Drj4BPTuHpZdr2ZDymvTTChZ9aNA1bIcCZtunLizsagiPxRVJwWrf42FH1iDulQ/s1600-h/moon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191348623338302946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVpBn_8bvtLh4xage_u4CAw3tRz7V005ckk9Oyo4HzCVc6I3J05OMH8q3eojDI6DZjj3sm050oKq3Drj4BPTuHpZdr2ZDymvTTChZ9aNA1bIcCZtunLizsagiPxRVJwWrf42FH1iDulQ/s400/moon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqltZ1MiH5Gbm7L7X1BQ6UoQebJ-pa-v0m-XbgHqwwHNzrHtcX8l0GCycZ1awudKzzw1b5Pskz21oC_-ArXdGQcb_BXhh1V1CNyW2F2CcdnnFHfBeDRX3R2eikPC8FHjMiISdynKbPR4/s1600-h/Face+on+the+Moon+++1-10-07.jpg"></a><br /><br />To see the video I made from the photos I took that night go to-<a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pDN73NO4E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pDN73NO4E</a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150570393301101426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTl8GBBhyphenhyphen7he8FGTU8csM4s1s6Oz9YgwrCyGx4DCvO2crU_3incI_ppXrJDA-lS5VTeaPKJZ0Njp9ojlonJaUYd2J7YVPA_S5MfHUVUBgwXJ2M62XJMN-TB1gcp2qMbQD7Icfvg_coEq8/s400/Coopermoon.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br />The conjunction of Saturn and the moon in February 2007<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIjhXtEUBGODwCL13c56d6vD9w9e-W60fKmXBuEykmZN-yh_vCbxUHJ_2zZSHaASjoohjLPYxhy9a7_jr0cc87xHTp-SdxOG9kHoQQJErVmcozHA20zubn6YV3erI_u630ZZIqYpS3Qc/s1600-h/Saturn-Moon2p-shop_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150569083336076130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIjhXtEUBGODwCL13c56d6vD9w9e-W60fKmXBuEykmZN-yh_vCbxUHJ_2zZSHaASjoohjLPYxhy9a7_jr0cc87xHTp-SdxOG9kHoQQJErVmcozHA20zubn6YV3erI_u630ZZIqYpS3Qc/s400/Saturn-Moon2p-shop_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The full moon<br /></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4aFV6kFm8cS0VWLhtreJnmMegBAFTQLU-UCWnIYv83MmydilWcRwgQ6sOK0CC5rESqDyosHHEFiJVsU7Es1i8JtoWokS0A35pkVq_b0Ffqit2zaZCJJTkOknOmeLlp0zB9_bkYROErI/s1600-h/full-moon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150566978802101042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4aFV6kFm8cS0VWLhtreJnmMegBAFTQLU-UCWnIYv83MmydilWcRwgQ6sOK0CC5rESqDyosHHEFiJVsU7Es1i8JtoWokS0A35pkVq_b0Ffqit2zaZCJJTkOknOmeLlp0zB9_bkYROErI/s400/full-moon.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-51832902694646309722008-03-07T13:16:00.001+00:002008-03-16T18:51:25.138+00:00Aurora PhotosThis is a colection of photos of the Aurora (or Northern Lights) taken in and around Moray.<br /><br /><br />The Norther Lights, with Saturn in Leo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f84FyH44k0_5P0OP5RHnfSoPSzhKqtllQZyhyEPhf_vUinvgkJWYZph6-ayxjQjbPNGaEAvIhtsHyMlsGekG_F0uoEjk2phAA_hO-nlVpu1kInZinFUkPk5Wf1BGLMiMZbUVgGWg3aY/s1600-h/Leo-&-Aurura.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150592435073264642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8f84FyH44k0_5P0OP5RHnfSoPSzhKqtllQZyhyEPhf_vUinvgkJWYZph6-ayxjQjbPNGaEAvIhtsHyMlsGekG_F0uoEjk2phAA_hO-nlVpu1kInZinFUkPk5Wf1BGLMiMZbUVgGWg3aY/s400/Leo-&-Aurura.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-BKrlLr5GAwkrzL0wHjBiKGsE1sIrGFnSckee_wlFOzTVzC-_nloaISQAMGEMXUp0hZlZNxEbBgbw4sdANiveI2Wqj-p2BteGvh3Q23QAphFDSbWNGSJcHZDU4TCTnu5jR5sa3leU7A/s1600-h/Leo-&-Aurura.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLCE0Fa8cV8iDPa7vsZPO6yS6ou-kB3PmTBOs-SC4QkMpNIAPUxrRpXlvz5WDPlLFCRHCqF1Fp3YdyOis3xlG-JxjUCx9oCG869ANo7PmWOKpj62V-47GVy3N8AUzhXZ3-nfcj1Tloh8/s1600-h/Aurura-at-the-bothy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150497400331905538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLCE0Fa8cV8iDPa7vsZPO6yS6ou-kB3PmTBOs-SC4QkMpNIAPUxrRpXlvz5WDPlLFCRHCqF1Fp3YdyOis3xlG-JxjUCx9oCG869ANo7PmWOKpj62V-47GVy3N8AUzhXZ3-nfcj1Tloh8/s400/Aurura-at-the-bothy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KNCdfo2kOJVFcNjbb31zqpeTLM6sMv8y-lretWpMj9ZQzqgybcQQqy-l8zPWZVM6vXb6pGuBr_8-cg5272ivqR0KKEMBBwlxJ0OQDPKboh9nvDBUTZ7OAN_rLnmRCCTmNudEakma1d0/s1600-h/Aurura-at-the-bothy2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150496704547203570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4KNCdfo2kOJVFcNjbb31zqpeTLM6sMv8y-lretWpMj9ZQzqgybcQQqy-l8zPWZVM6vXb6pGuBr_8-cg5272ivqR0KKEMBBwlxJ0OQDPKboh9nvDBUTZ7OAN_rLnmRCCTmNudEakma1d0/s400/Aurura-at-the-bothy2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFOPL7pZK_AS6mlGwpINIueDymVzBGzMueFqqjpCziu7anzwCNu2933jv5MMtiTGtZhZ7EDCL9RPVqRossYYkIRkWr-JwcwYeZQH6P8bfpf7HnOPzevh4j7ugGfrF7JWMWZgebM64x3g/s1600-h/Aurura-at-the-bothy.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCNPEQnMXpZR3xUapgqvQwUDPCQ3C198rtaioXPM_OcwPSLr8c6D093N8OognzbqHgYezT6w-ITMuewaAgYzBsBF5mDWng9BEXgIbUfIby9JT8VbacCMmM_DNRJeHACOwmO0cxxp3AnQ/s1600-h/Aurura-at-the-bothy.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466856967151531502.post-91050859399543086882008-03-06T12:40:00.000+00:002008-03-16T18:52:51.645+00:00Me and my LXD 55Me and my Meade LXD 55 10 inch Schmidt-Newtonian<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8JVlbqgoEVjUX26BDgWeZ2Rm8wD_uzUrhT0N-tqfsbmOcQXqu6lKpOphkiZlXtGm-3a1IlYMPF40UNHGyAA1kFcCDuLZ4V73b10ruaGrf02BPUM0rMvAICQhthrPdU6H0MfJXvPATSs/s1600-h/my-scope-and-me2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150576337535839138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8JVlbqgoEVjUX26BDgWeZ2Rm8wD_uzUrhT0N-tqfsbmOcQXqu6lKpOphkiZlXtGm-3a1IlYMPF40UNHGyAA1kFcCDuLZ4V73b10ruaGrf02BPUM0rMvAICQhthrPdU6H0MfJXvPATSs/s400/my-scope-and-me2.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p><br /></p>Me doing a bit of Solar observing. Bathed it Solar Rays.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>WARNING!!!! NEVER OBSERVE THE SUN WITH A TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS UNLESS YOU HAVE THE CORRECT FULL APATURE FILTER. PREMANENT DAMAGE WILL BE CAUSED TO YOUR EYES!!!!</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA87SaCG35gZWsyQWihSc3KsLLm9yi1ZvzHyFtmTxA5PykqTn_CWoXyhcmLbCcbcrg6u_U0xRVO-NJAACW8ArFhF9wnbziJSRzT2G3mVxpMSGeCbZu4VsA28C9aREJpjcK1D0sFVe6W8/s1600-h/Photo27_24.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150575083405388690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGA87SaCG35gZWsyQWihSc3KsLLm9yi1ZvzHyFtmTxA5PykqTn_CWoXyhcmLbCcbcrg6u_U0xRVO-NJAACW8ArFhF9wnbziJSRzT2G3mVxpMSGeCbZu4VsA28C9aREJpjcK1D0sFVe6W8/s400/Photo27_24.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7E6SJ5CmUuVSNlYRS44NmK1UY8XyQDIS2Q7TQ61_d4_IbuFkeA8srzJkEiIeqGKY9tWJGezoLiiZzv0U5ozaaRbG12hiN4BhAF2jkFm3dZ5g2eAAt7795B7S-rNlfZA9iaObFVFeo0U/s1600-h/my-scope-and-me2.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Peter Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01268469111902089879noreply@blogger.com